#E05B42#E05B42

#E05B42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.171 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05B42
RGB	rgb(224, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 50.43, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 64.69, 38.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.1444 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.171 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4685, 23.7276, 7.8654)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05B42 #42C7E0

analogous

#E04278 #E05B42 #E0AA42

triadic

#E05B42 #42E05B #5B42E0

tetradic

#E05B42 #78E042 #42C7E0 #AA42E0

square

#E05B42 #78E042 #42C7E0 #AA42E0

split-complementary

#E05B42 #42E0AA #4278E0

monochromatic

#902B18 #C53A20 #E05B42 #E98977 #F1B6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E05B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E05B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05B42

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05B42	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.171 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18e77',
    500: '#e05b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05b42;
$custom-light: #f18e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.494,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63826,
    "c": 0.17143,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05B42

secondary

#9FD5DF

accent

#D2EF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05B42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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